Using IP
Current research projects
The Role of IP Protection and its use in Encouraging Innovation, Competition and Commercialisation
Knowledge Bridging by Biotechnology Start-ups
Employees’ Rights to Intellectual Property
Uncertainty and the Success of Innovation
Cultural Collections, Creators and Copyright
High Performing Research Institutes
Universities and Patents
Patents and Public Sector Research
Knowledge Spillovers from Star Inventors
Patent Attorney Professional Privilege
IPRIA working papers
Joshua Gans and Richard Hayes, Assessing Australia’s Innovative Capacity: 2006 Update, IPRIA Report No 03/06 (December 2006)
Paul H Jensen, Elizabeth Webster and Hielke Buddelmeyer, Innovation, Technological Conditions and New Firm Survival, IPRIA Working Paper No 16/06 (November 2006)
Chris Dent , An Exploration of the Principles, Precepts and Purposes that Provide Structure to the Patent System, IPRIA Working Paper No. 08/2008
Chris Dent , Patents as Administrative Acts: Patent Decisions for Administrative Review?, IPRIA Working Paper No. 01/2009
Refereed Publications
Christie, A, (2007) ‘Cultural Institutions, Digitisation and Copyright Reform’, 12(3) Media & Arts Law Review 279-291
Dent C., Hall E. and Christie A., (2009) “For the Health of the Economy and Patent System: Rationale and Scope of Patent Attorney Privilege”, 4 Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 23-32.
Gans, J, (2007) "Price Discrimination with Costless Arbitrage," (with Stephen King), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25, 431-440.
Gans, J. and King, S. (2007) “Price Discrimination with Costless Arbitrage,” International Journal of Industrial Organization.
Hall., E., Dent, C. and Christie, A. (2009) “Patent Attorney Privilege in Australia: Options for Reform” Australian Intellectual Property Journal (forthcoming).
He, Z., Lim, K. and Wong, P.K.(2006) “Entry and Competitive Dynamics in the Mobile Telecommunications Market", Research Policy, 20th Anniversary Special Issue of "Profiting from Innovation" by David Teece. Vol. 35, No 8, 1147-1165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.004
Hudson, E., Kenyon, A. and Christie, A., (2007) Modelling Copyright Exceptions: Law and Practice in Australian Cultural Institutions, in Macmillan F. (ed), New Directions in Copyright Law, Volume 6, 279-304, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton MA, USA
Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (2008), “Labeling Characteristics and Demand for Retail Grocery Products in Australia”, Australian Economic Papers
Jensen, P. Webster, E. And Buddelmeyer, H., (2008),‘Innovation, Technological Conditions and New Firm Survival’, Economic Record.
Kapoor, R and Lim, K, (2007) "The Impact of Acquisitions on the Innovation Performance of Inventors at Semiconductor Companies", Academy of Management Journal. This paper also appears in the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference 2007
Kapoor, R. and Lim, K. (2007) “The Impact of Acquisitions on the Innovation Performance of Inventors at Semiconductor Companies”, Academy of Management Journal.
Kwanghui Lim (2009), "The Many Faces of Absorptive Capacity: Spillovers of Copper Interconnect Technology for Semiconductor Chips", forthcoming, Industrial and Corporate Change
Somaya, D., Williamson, I.O. and Lorinkova, N. (2007) “The Effects of Employee Mobility between Competitors and Cooperators on Firm Performance”, Proceedings of the Academy of Management.
Somaya, D., Williamson, I.O., & Zhang, A., (2007) “Combining patent law expertise with R&D for patenting performance”, 18 Organization Science, 922-937
Non-Refereed publications
Bosworth, D. and Webster, E. (2006) The Management of Intellectual Property, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
Cebon, P. (2008) Measured Success: Innovation Management in Australia, Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2008.
Frankel, S, and Richardson, M, “Cultural Property and ‘The Public Domain’: Case Studies from New Zealand and Australia” in C Antons (ed), Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Cultural Expressions and Intellectual Property Law in the Asia-Pacific Region (Kluwer Law International, 2009).
Gans, J. & Anderson, S. (2006) “What is Different About Media Mergers?”, The Melbourne Review, 2, 2, 32-36
Hall, E., Dent, C. & Christie, A. – Patent Attorney Privilege: Rationale, Current Concerns and Avenues for Reform. Report (2007)
Jensen, P. and Webster, E. (forthcoming 2009) ‘How Important Are Patents for Commercialising Inventions?’ Australasian Science,
Jensen, P. H. (2007) Public Sector Outsourcing Contracts: The Impact of Uncertainty, Incentives and Transaction Costs on Contractual Relationships, VDM Press.
Kenyon, A. Richardson, M. and Ricketson. S. (2009) (eds), Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law, Cambridge University Press.
Kenyon, A. Richardson, M. and Ricketson. S., “Situating Intellectual Property Law: Introducing Landmark Australian Cases” in Kenyon, Richardson and Ricketson (eds), Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law, xviii-xxiv.
Leahy, A. Jensen, P., Webster, E. (2007) IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry.
Richardson , M, and Bosland, J, “Copyright and the New Street Literature” in C Arup and W Van Caenegem (eds), Intellectual Property Law Reform: Fostering Innovation and Development ( Edward Elgar, 2009), ch 10.
Richardson , M., “Larger than Life in the Australian Cinema: Pacific Dunlop v Hogan” in Kenyon, Richardson and Ricketson (eds), Landmarks in Australian Intellectual Property Law, chapter 10.
Rotstein, F. and Christie, A., (2008) “Australian researchers need a right to experiment”, December 2007/January 2008, Managing Intellectual Property 20-21
Webster, E., Buddelmeyer, H. and Jensen, P. (2007) “Innovation and Industrial Evolution”, Australian Economic Review, 40(1), 82-89.
Weston, D. and Lim, K.(2008) “Blackberry versus NTP.” Case study completed for WIPO & IPRIA.
IPRIA events
IP Professionals and Ethics, Dr Linda Haller, Melbourne Law School, Dr Trevor Davies, Allens Arthur Robinson, 9 March ( Brisbane), 18 March ( Melbourne), 19 March ( Sydney), 2009.
ISPs and the Authorisation of their Customers’ Copyright Exploitations, Associate Professor David Brennan, Melbourne Law School, Ms Jane Perrier, Telstra, Mr Frank Rittman, Motion Picture Associate, Ms Kimberlee Weatherall, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland, 5 February 2009 (Melbourne)
Pre-Grant And Post-Grant Amendments Under European, UK And US Patent Laws , Dr Noel Byrne, Adviser, Intellectual Property Law, UK, 4 September 2008, Melbourne
Privilege and the IP Professional, Michael Caine and Chris Dent, 17-19 June 2008, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
The Blackberry & Sidamo case studies, ‘IP in the Real World Series’ Fiona Rotstien and Kwanghui Lim, 3 June (Melbourne), 2009.
What Drives the Commercialisation of Inventions? Dr Paul Jensen, IPRIA, 19 May ( Perth), 21 ( Adelaide), 25 May ( Sydney), 2009.
Submissions
Chris Dent , Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in response to its Discussion Paper on Client Legal Privilege and Federal Investigatory Bodies, November 2007
Short courses
Business Strategy (MBA Core at MBS). Presentation and discussion of the Kapoor & Lim paper on acquired inventors, published in the Academy of Management Journal 2007, Kwanghui Lim, MBA Core at Melbourne Business School
Business Strategy Core MBA Class: Featuring the BlackBerry IPRIA/WIPO Case, Kwanghui Lim, MBA Core, Melbourne Business School
Faculty Mentor, BPS Division Doctoral Dissertation Consortium, Academy of Management Conference 2008, Kwanghui Lim.
Managing People for High Performance, Ian Williamson, MBA Core, Melbourne Business School
Mastering the Patent System, Professor Andrew Christie, University of Melbourne and Des Ryan, Consultant, Davies Collison Cave, 9 May 2007, University of Melbourne
Taxation Course (in association with the School of Enterprise), Professor Cameron Rider, The University of Melbourne, 18 July 2006
Media
Kwang Lim, “Getting The Right Mix ”, An article by Aaron Bouchie in Nature describing the Hsu-Lim paper on Knowledge Bridging, Nature, 24 August 2006
Cebon, Peter, 2006. One in a hundred, Business Review Weekly: 62-63. December 14 2006.
Joshua Gans, ‘ipod Index.. why not an iTunes Index,’ Crikey, 19th January, 2007
Joshua Gans, ‘Opportunity Lost’, Business Review Weekly, 1 February 2007, p49.
Joshua Gans "The game is never over," Business Review Weekly, 15th March, 2007, p27
Joshua Gans "Cursors, foiled again," Business Review Weekly, , 10th May, 2007.
Joshua Gans "Time to book some ad space between the covers?", , Crikey, 7th June, 2007.
Ian Williamson, Sibillin, A. (2007 June 14-16). Educate and reward. Business Review Weekly ( Australia)., June 14th, 2007, p. 62-63
Joshua Gans "Next generation recorder” Business Review Weekly, 28th June, 2007, p.32.
Ian Williamson, “Dirty Business”, Boss Magazine, November 2007
Ian Williamson, “Jobs Just a Hop, Skip and Jump Away”, The Australian Financial Review, 14 January 2008, p 7
Ian Williamson, “Team Stealers”, Boss Magazine, February 2008, pp 28-32
Beth Webster PM, ABC 666 Canberra (National Australia), Compere: Mark Colvin, 31 March 2008
Beth Webster, NBN News Gold Coast, NBN Gold Coast (Gold Coast), 31 March 2008
Beth Webster, NBN News, NBN Newcastle Hunter ( Newcastle), 31 March 2008
Beth Webster., NBN News, NBN Central Coast (Gosford), 31 March 2008
Beth Webster, NBN News, NBN Tamworth ( Tamworth), 31 March 2008
Beth Webster., National Nine News, Channel 9 (Melbourne), Compere: Peter Hitchener, 31 March 2008
Beth Webster, PM, Radio National (National Australia)
Beth Webster, The Age, article by Marc Moncrief, p8
Beth Webster, Australian Financial Review p1 article by Mark Skulley and Sophie Morris
Beth Webster, Interview on ‘The Economy’ for The Gist of It. 6-7 minute interview for Liberty Victoria. Website video, 23 July 2008
Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, “Necessity: Mother of Innovation”, Australian Financial Review, p3, 25 August 2008
Paul Jensen and Elizabeth Webster, Innovation Australia's innovation malaise Posted: New figures reveal a very patchy performance, write http://www.creative.org.au/webboard/results.chtml?filename_num=227538, 28 August 2008
Elizabeth Webster, “Australian made logos Sell Products: Research”, Australian Made Australian Grown, Issue 26, November 2008, p3
Beth Webster, Company bright sparks, on rise as individuals fall, By Philip Hopkins, Most inventions in Australia, The Age, Business News, Region: Melbourne, 21 February 2009, p3
External presentations
Beth Webster ‘Do patents matter for commercialization?’ University of Auckland, 26 May 2009.
Beth Webster ‘Economic principles of encouraging innovation - research exemptions under patent law’, BHERT Medical Innovation forum, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 11 June 2009.
Beth Webster ‘Launch of ACBC National Report on the Benefits to Australian Households of Trade with China’, panel discussant, Australia-China Business Council, Melbourne, 15 May 2009.
Beth Webster , ‘What Happened to Australian Inventions? 1986-2005’, Commercialising Inventions Conference, Brisbane, February 2009
Beth Webster , ‘What Happened to Australian Inventions? 1986-2005’, Commercialising Inventions Conference, Melbourne, February 2009
Beth Webster, “Should Governments be Concerned about Firm Survival’, Productivity Commission, Melbourne, Invited seminar, 7 March 2007
Beth Webster , The Wealth of Nations: Where Does it Come From?, Clever Collections Conference, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories Conference, University of Melbourne, 28 November 2007, keynote speech.
Bruno Cassiman ‘Open Innovation’ Australian Industrial Research Group, 2 June 2009 Sydney.
Chris Dent , ‘Workers and their Creative output: A Way Forward?’, Critical Legal Conference, Glasgow, September 2008
David Brennan , “Lord Hoffmann and the Speculative Claim”, IPSANZ seminar, 4 March 2009.
David Brennan , “Lord Hoffmann and the Speculative Claim”, St Catherine’s College, Oxford University (intellectual property invited speaker seminar), 24 February 2009
Fiona Rotstein , “Third Party Patent Challenges in Europe, the United States and Australia: A Comparative Analysis”, European Policy for Intellectual Property Association, Berne, 3-4 October 2008
Ian Williamson, ‘Outsourcing the Patenting Process’, Australian Industrial Research Group (AIRG) Annual Conference, 26 February 2008.
Ian Williamson, “Implementing Management Innovation”, Siemens, Annual Sales Staff Conference, Sydney, 5 June 2007
Ian Williamson, Creating a Culture of Innovation, Innovation & Utilities Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, Siemens Ltd and Southwest Water (Inviting Organisation), May 2008
Ian Williamson, Deepak Somaya, Natalie Lorinkova, The Different Performance Impacts of Employee Mobility between Competitors and Cooperators, Strategic Management Society Conference, San Diego, US, September 2007
Ian Williamson, Defining, Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) Funds Executive Forum, Melbourne Australia, March 2008
Ian Williamson, Knowledge, Transaction Costs, and Outsourcing in Knowledge-Based Services, Industry Studies Conference, Boston, MA USA, May 2008
Ian Williamson, Outsourcing Knowledge-Based Services: The Dynamics of Capabilities and Governance, 9th Annual International Business Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA USA, April 2008
Ian Williamson, Outsourcing Knowledge-Based Services: The Dynamics of Capabilities and Governance, 5th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference (ACAC), Atlanta, GA USA, June 2008
Ian Williamson, Past, Present, and Future Research Interests in the Area of Human Resource Management, Society of Organizational Behavior Australia conference, Adelaide Australia, March 2008
Ian Williamson, Presentation of interim results. “The Effect of Interorganisational Personnel Flow on Firm Performance: An Examination of IP Lawyer Movement”, HRM and Knowledge Related Performance: The Nature, The Outcome, The Linkages, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2006
Ian Williamson, Presentation of interim results. “The Effect of Interorganisational Personnel Flow on Firm Performance: An Examination of IP Lawyer Movement”, Talent2 Conference, Sydney, Australia, February 2007
Ian Williamson, Presentation of Personnel Flow Results, Academy of Management Conference, US, August 2007
Ian Williamson, Retaining Talent, Australia – China Chamber of Commerce Beijing (AustCham Beijing) Speaker Series, Beijing China, May 2008
Ian Williamson, The Concurrent Sourcing of Innovation: The Use of In-House and External Sources to Drive Innovation Output, Hargraves Institute Innovation Conference at Melbourne Australia, March 2008
Ian Williamson, Winning the War for Talent, Global Executive HR Forum, Chicago Illinois USA, Roosevelt University and the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources (NAAAHR), April 2008
Joshua Gans, ‘Start-Up Commercialisation Strategy and Innovative Dynamics” NBER Pre-conference on Innovation and Strategy, January 2007
Joshua Gans, ‘The Dynamics of Ideas Markets’ MIT, USA, November 2006
Joshua Gans, ‘The Dynamics of Ideas Markets’ Yale, USA, November 2006
Kwanghui Lim - Panelist, Session on “Knowledge Diffusion”, Innovation 2008 Conference, Australian Business Higher-Education Roundtable, 9-10 September 2008
Kwanghui Lim and Riitta Katila, “Professional Development Workshop on Measuring Knowledge Flows using Patent and Non-Patent Data”, Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 2008
Kwanghui Lim, Wenyue Zhuang and Poh-kam Wong , “Old Technological Capability and New Technology Adoption: Firm’s Technology Portfolio Management during Technological Transitions”, Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA, August 2008
Paul Jensen , ‘What Shapes Successful Technology Transfer? Evidence from the University of Melbourne’, Commercialising Inventions Conference, Brisbane, February 2009
Paul Jensen , ‘What Shapes Successful Technology Transfer? Evidence from the University of Melbourne’, Commercialising Inventions Conference, Melbourne, February 2009
Paul Jensen , “A Re-Examination of the Existence and Causes of Abnormal Profits”, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Invited seminar, April 2007.
Paul Jensen , “Innovation, Technological Conditions and New Firm surviva”l, European School of New Institutional Economics, ESNIE Workshop, Corsica, May 2007
Paul Jensen , “Knowledge Management: Does Capture Impede Creation?” ESSID Workshop, Italy, 1-6 September 2008
Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-kam Wong , Old Technological Capability and New Technology Adoption: Firm’s Technology Portfolio Management during Technological Transitions, Academy of International Business Conference, June 2008